Granulomatous gastritis in Wegener's disease: Differentiation from Crohn's disease supported by a positive test for antineutrophil antibodies

Gut

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 550-553

  Temmesfeld Wollbrueck, B ^a   Heinrichs, C ^a   Szalay, A ^a   Seeger, W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granulomatous gastritis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0030926031     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.40.4.550     Document Type: Article

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